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54 of 56 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I remember watching this on a Saturday afternoon when I was younger and still enjoy it now - some great actors and brilliant casting - from praed, winstone, connery and many others - they were spot on. It has a realism that a lot of american series don't have - there is actually mud and dirt and all the good guys don't know advanced karate...like buffy, hercules etc
the stories are well done, don't always suspend belief like the old flynn movies (see me take on 40 guards and escape...), although their are a few dodgy epsiodes towards the end of season 3 where richard o'brian lends a hand and they go a bit too mystical and odd but every series has few oddities. The extras and interviews are good and insightful, the gag reels are very funny and for the amount of hours you get for less than £40 you can't really grumble
It is nice that some of the peripheral charcters have stories and personalities of their own and aren't trophy helpers, you can believe they could have existed and are individual with their own hopes, dreams and opinions. There is humour, action and sadness, and the saracen character missing from legend was so liked on first view they kept him in - do you reckon the costner junk copied (badly)?
Good series, but the BBC are considering making a new series of robin hood for next year - if they can match or better this fantasic - but this is arguably the best translation of the legend so far only disappointing because they ran out of money at the end of the third season when their was so much more they could have done...The sky series doesn't even bear noting, damn I did, please ignore that bit and the series!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I always enjoyed a lot this wonderful TV serial. I used to watch it when I was young in the eighties. Really good fun.
The actors are pretty good, the performances are quite strong, and thank god all the characters are credible (unlike in the TV of today, where everybody is like Kung-Fu).
The mysticism that transpires these stories is much appreciated. There is a complex mixture of legends (Herne the hunter, the seven swords of Swayland, the necromantic Baron Simon de Belleme).
It is obvious that this quality has never been achieved by other versions of the story. For me, this is the best Robin Hood Ever in TV. Positive.
Luis
The actors are pretty good, the performances are quite strong, and thank god all the characters are credible (unlike in the TV of today, where everybody is like Kung-Fu).
The mysticism that transpires these stories is much appreciated. There is a complex mixture of legends (Herne the hunter, the seven swords of Swayland, the necromantic Baron Simon de Belleme).
It is obvious that this quality has never been achieved by other versions of the story. For me, this is the best Robin Hood Ever in TV. Positive.
Luis
68 of 78 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
There is little extra to be said regarding how wonderful this series is, or indeed how well it has stood up to the passage of time. However, the digital transfer is terrible. I am not refering to problems with the quality of the original video tape - we all accept noise in the original as a something unavoidable - instead I refer to the poor quality of the encoding. A great deal of video bandwidth has been used but with some terrible quantisation artifacts. It is obvious the encoding company did a single pass straight from video to target size rather than a high quality (and extremely large file size) and then use multiple passes to get the best possible quality at the target size. Shame on you 'Network' - employ people who know how to encode DVD or get out of the business. 'Network' are relying on us thinking 'It's better than nothing.' 'Network' have bodged a number of classic releases now - it would be better if they were nothing. I can, and do, better with my home encoding from B-CAM tapes.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Appealing Robin Hood.
This was as good as I remembered, a very attractive Robin, mysterious Sherwood forest, lovely Maid Marion. Read more
Published 2 months ago by bookworm
The best version of Robin Hood ever seen...
This series remains my all-time favourite version of the Robin legend, since I first saw it in 1984. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Fenner1976
A classic TV series from the 1980's
Robin of Sherwood is a TV series which covers the Robin Hood legend - again. What sets it apart is: a) a talented young cast, b) a 'Celtic' look-and-feel, c) good locations, and d)... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Ian D. Wilson
Great product, just as I remember it - little damage to case
Complete set is supurb, only slight moan was the case was damaged due to weak packing during delievery
Published on 26 Feb 2010 by T. M. Perkins
Robin of Sherwood
Well, you'll either love this version or you'll hate it. I have been waiting for it on DVD as I had the video versions. Read more
Published on 2 Feb 2010 by Caroline Patrick
Blast from the past
Considering this programme was made nearly 20 years ago, it is still as fresh as it was then. The programme introduced us to Ray Winstone, Clive Mantle and Michael Praed. Read more
Published on 8 May 2009 by Sebulba
The classic and possibly definitive Robin Hood
I took a bit of a risk with this boxset, as I'd only heard of Robin of Sherwood in relation to the new Robin Hood series. Read more
Published on 7 May 2007 by David Lim
magical, mystical series
I had to get commercial DVD of this series - my old tapes are badly degraded.
I watched it on cable in mid-80's. Read more
I watched it on cable in mid-80's. Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2007 by Linda D. Terrell
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